• DocumentCode
    1067366
  • Title

    Fractal error for detecting man-made features in aerial images

  • Author

    Cooper, B.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. & Eng. Program, Louisville Univ., KY
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/31/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    554
  • Lastpage
    555
  • Abstract
    A technique is proposed for aiding photointerpreters in detecting man-made features in aerial reconnaissance images. The technique, which uses a metric called fractal error, is based on the observed propensity of natural image features to fit a fractional Brownian motion model. Man-made features usually do not fit this model well, and consequently the fractal error metric may be used as a discriminant function for detecting man-made scene features
  • Keywords
    feature extraction; image recognition; optical images; photographic applications; aerial images; aerial reconnaissance images; discriminant function; fractal error; fractal error metric; fractional Brownian motion model; man-made feature detection; man-made scene features; natural image features; photointerpreters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940287
  • Filename
    280594